# The Local Government (Transitional Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Order 1996, Article 17: Compensation payments


(1) Subject to article 19(2) below, any liability or obligation to which a regional or district council are subject immediately before the transfer date under—
(a) the Local Government (Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Scotland) Regulations 1979; or
(b) the Teachers' (Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Scotland) Regulations 1980,
shall transfer on that date to that council’s accounting authority.
(2) Where an accounting authority of a regional or district council is not an authority specified in column 2 of Schedule 3A to the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1987, the authority specified in that column opposite the name of the accounting authority in question (as shown in column 1 of that Schedule) shall discharge the liabilities and obligations of that accounting authority under this article and may recover from them the amount of any payments made in so doing.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/682/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-transitional-financial-provisions-scotland-order-1996/article-17
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